As part of our Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 commemorations, there will be a special screening of the new animated film, Survivor, by debut film-maker and award-winning cartoonist, Zoom Rockman.
In this unique 40-minute film, we follow 12-year-old Ivor Perl from a small town in Hungary to the gates of Auschwitz, Kaufering, Allach, and Dachau, witnessing the unspeakable horrors of the Holocaust. From being herded onto a cattle truck and narrowly avoiding the gas chambers and ovens, to enduring hunger, typhus, and unimaginable loss, we ultimately see the unbreakable bond between two brothers and their miraculous survival. The beautiful visual and auditory intricacy of Zoom Rockman’s unique animation style will captivate the audience, ensuring they won't want to take their eyes off the screen.
The screening will be followed by an in-conversation and Q+A with director Zoom Rockman and Erran Baron Cohen, facilitated by Jason Solomons.
There will also be a live performance of music from the film by Erran Baron Cohen and Pini Brown.
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Erran Baron Cohen
Erran Baron Cohen is an award winning composer whose work has encompassed film and television scores, album releases, orchestral commissions and musical theatre. His knowledge of contemporary classical, electronic and world music makes him an extremely versatile composer able to turn his talents to a wide variety of eclectic projects. Erran has received numerous Composer Awards for his scores to Borat, Bruno and The Dictator and his song Wuhan Flu was Oscar shortlisted.
Pini Brown
Pini Brown trained as a cantor in Jerusalem. His early years were marked by a struggle to fit in and conform within his Ultra Orthodox community. Age 20 he was brought to the UK for an arranged marriage and after a period of deep unhappiness he made the brave decision to leave. Embraced by the wider Jewish community he continues to pave his way. By day he hosts tours of the East End and by night he is making a name for himself performing his unique brand of Yiddish Klezmer in the late night blues and jazz clubs of London.